Asheville grows into one of the nation's craft beer hubs with millions in investment from breweries of all sizes

10:24 PM,
Feb. 8, 2014

Sierra Nevada is now test brewing in Mills River and expects to produce beer for sale soon.

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Twenty years into Asheville's craft beer revolution, brewing has exploded into a multimillion-dollar business around Western North Carolina.

And it's only getting bigger.

More than $250 million is being spent on two national craft breweries here: Sierra Nevada in Mills River and New Belgium in Asheville's River Arts District. And millions more is going into smaller local breweries on equipment, property and manpower. Additional breweries are set to open here this year and beyond. ...